Osho: Don`t Think About Anything That Concerns Others Chogyam Trungpa: Don`t Ponder Others Pema Chodron: Don`t Ponder Others Jamgon Kongtrul: Don`t Think About the Affairs of Others Alan Wallace: Think Nothing About the Other Side Rabten & Dhargyey: Think Not About Whatever is Seen in Others. Dilgo Khyentse: Do Not Have Opinions on Other People`s Actions Speak not of the shortcomings of others. Purify first whichever action is heaviest.  Commitments   Rabten & Dhargyey

Think Not About Whatever is Seen in Others.

 

 
My Book on Tai Chi Imagery
We should cease intentionally watching and waiting for faults in others, but instead be aware and ready to judge whether our own deeds are correct or incorrect. Then we walk along a dangerous cliff, we do not pay attention to what is happening around us but watch our step in case we fall. In the same way, we should focus our attention inwardly: even if we accidentally notice bad attributes in others, we immediately should think that such a judgment is based upon a mistaken visual or auditory perception of negativities.

Copyright Brian Beresford, 1977, 1996. Excerpted from Advice from a Spiritual Friend, with permission of Wisdom Publications, 199 Elm St., Somerville MA 02144 U.S.A, www.wisdompubs.org

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An excellent, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the Mind Training tradition by two Tibetan lamas, which in addition to commentaries on Chekawa's proverbs also includes commentaries on Atisha's 'Jewel Rosary of an Awakening Warrior' and Langri Tangpa's 'Eight Verses on Mind Training'.
Geshe Rabten's autobiography
Account of Geshe Rabten's retreat, his progress, the insights and realizations he attained, and the advice given himn by his teachers.
The most fundamental text of the Mind Training practice, and also probably the most powerful. Composed by DharmaRakshita, Atisha's Indonesian teacher, around 1000 A.D. With commentary by Geshe Dhargyey. Explains with great clarity how our selfishness, paranoia, and self-absorption return to us like a rock thrown straight up into the air.